Bricks From Tall Building Prompt City Bracing
Soon after bricks fell from the ninth floor of a downtown building, city crews prepared for major demolition and safety work. Police tightened patrols and barricades along Avenue I while contractors prepared crane removal plans and bids from Wilson Demolition Co and Area Builders. Local officials planned city costs and oversight as the building owner addressed the danger.
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Avenue I
Broadway
Main
Wilson Demolition Co
Area Builders
Fred Senter
Richard Lax
New York
B52s Press Cambodian Laotian Front as Downed U S Aces Rise
Reports say B52s pounded enemy buildup near the DMZ while U S losses mounted. Command notes air operations in eastern Cambodia and Laos with several bases near Dau Tieng and Krek abandoned as South Vietnam shifts focus to the heartland amid Paris talks. Porter warns North Vietnam and Viet Cong on possible offensives as Nixon faces China diplomacy.
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Laos
U.S
Cambodia
Saigon
Tay
North Ninh
Phnom Penh
Bothan
Dau Tieng
South Vietnam
Dochina
Dam Be
Chup
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Mth
Krek
Paris
William J. Porter
Indochina
Vietnam
Nixon
Porter
Peking
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Vang Tien
Shultz Says 1973 Budget Won’t Seek Value Added Tax
At the National Press Club George P. Shultz stated the 1973 budget will be balanced at full employment and carry a deficit without a value added tax. He noted revenues fall short due to slower growth and Nixon tax cuts, but argued the budget remains expansive yet controllable.
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Shultz
National Press Club
Nixon
Congress
Oo O. Wull
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Arkand
Onuin Sau
Fari
Presi
Nixon to file re election bid in New Hampshire primary
President Nixon plans to declare his candidacy by letter to be released in Concord New Hampshire the site of the first primary. Lane Dwinell filed petitions placing Nixon on the ballot Monday and Nixon has one day to withdraw. The move likely secures his entry in at least six additional primaries Florida Maryland Nebraska Oregon Tennessee and Wisconsin. Governor George Wallace signals a Florida Democratic primary bid.
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United Press International
Nixon
New Hampshire
Concord
Lane Dwinell
Florida
Maryland
Nebraska
Oregon
Tenessee
Wisconsin
George Wallace
Alabama
Candy Making Big Business Hinted At Proposal
Chicago report notes the value added tax as a possible financing method while UPI details a U.S. study on tax reform amid inflation. The article cites Shultz remarks and explains VAT as a tax on goods and services at each production stage.
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Saigon
U.S
Ra- Shultz
North Vietnam
Chicago
UPI
Lis
Pri
Hanoi
United
Mets
Song Tay
Res
the .S
Raquel Welch Wins Interim Divorce From Patrick Curtis
Actress Raquel Welch 31 wins an interlocutory divorce from husband Patrick Curtis after a short hearing in Santa Monica California. She testified to unresolvable differences and retains custody of two children Damon 10 and Tahnee 8. Curtis not present in court.
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Raquel
Raquel Welch
Ater
Santa Monica
Patrick A. Curtis
Calif
Patrick Curtis
Curtis
Paris
St. Valen
Hollywood
Miss Welch
Beverly Hills
Almeria
Spain
Tannie Caulder
Curtwel Productions
Six Caught Here On Drug Counts In Lubbock
Six persons were arrested Thursday in Lubbock on alleged drug law violations. Two men and a woman were taken into custody about 9:20 p.m. at a North Lubbock dwelling where car stiles and syringes were found. About 11 p.m. two boys and a girl were detained in Central Lubbock after police found a small quantity of marijuana in their vehicle.
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Lubbock
North Lubbock
Central Lubbock
Smith Proclaims EXPLO 72 Week in Texas
Governor Preston Smith designated June 12 to 17 as EXPLO 72 Week to back the Spiritual Explosion 1972 youth movement. The International Student Congress on Evangelism will meet in Dallas with about 100,000 delegates at the Cotton Bowl and daytime training conferences.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Texas
Dallas
Cotton Bowl
AEP T
Windmill Water Well Aids Mesa Tech Ranch Headquarters
The project at Mesa Tech Ranch Headquarters Association marks a milestone in ranching history with a windmill well supplying water for the JA Ranch milk and meat house. Gary Grant of His Plains Drilling Co. drilled to 165 feet after hitting water at 60 feet, aided by Rudy Marrugo and Carlos Gorostiza, under Lee Graves. Fort Worth Pipe and Supply will casing, Snyder and Lubbock-based movers provided building support.
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Ranch Headquarters Association
Texas
Hill Country
Cross Timbers
High Plains
West
Snyder and Lubbock
Grant
Fort Worth
Aerospace pay raise decision postponed after talks in St Louis
The joint strategy session in St Louis postponed decisions on aerospace wage hikes. The Price Commission rejected 8 to 1 requests for eight companies to raise pay, delaying action until next week. Union officials Greathouse and Winpisinger warned of further delays if terms are not set. The tabled increases would have raised hourly wages by 51 cents or more for workers at Boeing North American Rockwell McDonnell Douglas Lockheed and others.
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St. Louis
Aerospace
Boeing Co
North American Rockwell
Corp
McDonnell Douglas
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
United Auto Works
LTV Aerospace Corpers
Pat Great
Price Comhouse
William Winpiss
Inger
Thelfer
Afl-Cio International Associ
Allon of Machinists
A. T. Massey Coal Co
Greathouse
Massey
Winpisinger
Sible
Northrup Architectural Sys- Pay Board
Allied Chemical Corp
Ethyl Corp
Jewel
Companies Inc
Nixon faces battle over space shuttle funding in Congress
President Nixon defends a $5.5 billion space shuttle plan with $1 billion contingency, calling it a path to practical space use and benefits for Americans. Mondale brands the project wasteful and urges opposition, highlighting broader fights over defense versus domestic spending and prior SST funding battles.
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Nixon
Mondale
Earth
Space Agency
Budget Bureau
Congress
Denver City Faces Debate Over Junior College Plan
About 30 residents attended a meeting in the Community Building to hear a steering committee and the Coordinating Board discuss a possible junior college serving Plains, Denver City, and Seagraves. Opposition arose while Sen. H. J. Blanchard and Rep. F. E. Short offered conditional support if the issue goes to a vote. the board will review materials and inform the steering committee of recommendations by Jan. 21.
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Denver City
Texas and Colleges and Universities
Here
Plains
Seagraves
College
H. J
Doc’ Blanchard
Lubbock
FE. L. Short
Tahoka
Coordinating Board
Nixon Sato Begin California Summit To Ease Tensions
In California Nixon and Japanese Premier Kisaku Sato opened two days of talks at the Western White House aimed at repairing a postwar rift. Sato seeks Okinawa reversion and a Washington Tokyo hot line while Nixon presses for greater Japanese trade concessions amid existing tariff tensions.
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Calif
UPI
Nixon
Kisaku Sato
Sato
White House
Japan
Okinawa
China
U.S
California
Asia
US S
Washington
Tokyo
Peking
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